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it is going to be al-qaeda. they're doing something big and the government went on full-scale high alert. in fact, the c.i.a. and their counterterrorism effort, they had a budget that was on a fiscal year to end in september. they blew it through the entire budget by january 15th. it was don't worry spend do. they stopped attacks all over the world the one people know about here is the planned attack at l.a.x. that was what the people thought -- the intelligence guys thought was going to happen in summer of 2001. and it didn't. >> eliot: right. >> there was none of this high escalation and when you look at what was going on, i mean in august of 2001, the fbi knew that there were two al-qaeda guys in the united states, these two guys end up being two of the hijackers. and we have to find them and they assign one relatively new fbi agent to find him. >> eliot: this is where it is so easy and the other side will say it is easy to look back and cast blame. it is an effort to figure out how do you do better next time
it is going to be al-qaeda. they're doing something big and the government went on full-scale high alert. in fact, the c.i.a. and their counterterrorism effort, they had a budget that was on a fiscal year to end in september. they blew it through the entire budget by january 15th. it was don't worry spend do. they stopped attacks all over the world the one people know about here is the planned attack at l.a.x. that was what the people thought -- the intelligence guys thought was going to happen...
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possibly becoming a safe haven for al-qaeda and al-qaeda-affiliated groups. but i think the number of incidents that have happened in the recent weeks have sort of drawn most people's attention to it now. >> john: thank you very much. national defense and national security staff writer for the hill carlo munoz. i hope you'll come back to keep us updated on this development. >> will do. thanks. >> john: thank you so much. from the hostage crisis in algeria to the covert american drone war, i'm pleased to be joined by filmmaker and activist robert greenwald. the documentary drones exposed. thank you for joining us, mr. greenwald. >> my pleasure. >> john: before we begin talking about drone warfare in your upcoming film, i want to ask if you see any kind of connection between the drone war in al-qaeda and this kidnapping attempt by an al-qaeda-linked group in north africa. >> well, unlike other folks in this realm, i like to stick with the facts. we don't have any factual information about that particular attack and what caused the motivation. we do have facts t
possibly becoming a safe haven for al-qaeda and al-qaeda-affiliated groups. but i think the number of incidents that have happened in the recent weeks have sort of drawn most people's attention to it now. >> john: thank you very much. national defense and national security staff writer for the hill carlo munoz. i hope you'll come back to keep us updated on this development. >> will do. thanks. >> john: thank you so much. from the hostage crisis in algeria to the covert...
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qaeda reutment. >> as far as it becoming ground zero for al qaeda rey cruitment the continent has been concerned for the defense department for a while. they have created a command and also a joint special operations task force in early 2000 and part of the previous bush administration's global war on terror. the white house and the pentagon have had their eye on that area in terms of possibly becoming a safe haiive for al qaeda and al qaeda affiliated groups, i think the number of incidents that have happened in the recent weeks have drawn attention to it now. >> thank you very much. i hope you keep us updated on this development. >> will do. >> from the hostage crisis to the covert american drone war i'm pleased to be joined by film maker and activist robert greenwald. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> before we begin talking about drone warfare in your upcoming film you i want to ask if you see any connection between the drone war and the kidnapping. >> unlike other folks i like to stick with the facts. we don't have any factual information about that particular attack an
qaeda reutment. >> as far as it becoming ground zero for al qaeda rey cruitment the continent has been concerned for the defense department for a while. they have created a command and also a joint special operations task force in early 2000 and part of the previous bush administration's global war on terror. the white house and the pentagon have had their eye on that area in terms of possibly becoming a safe haiive for al qaeda and al qaeda affiliated groups, i think the number of...
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what al-qaeda thought of fox news. also you know what we find out through george zimmerman that if you shoot someone in florida that's your stand your ground. no problem. until this woman tried stand your ground and she didn't get the same results. >> i believe when he threatened to kill me that's what he intended to do and had zimmerman. plus should this woman have her kids taken away. >> i find nothing wrong with tanning. to each his own. i like to tan. >> wrong again bob. not to each his own. we will judge here. how do you like them apples. current.com, who is the worst person in new jersey? how is this for a fun show? it's go time. ♪ >> all right. well we now have some secret documents from al-qaeda compound. osama bin laden compound and 175 pages worth of them there were 6,000 overall documents. understand this, and we'll tell you this and most of the other media outlets will slide right past this. we have all 6,000, we're only releasing these 17, because obviously they may help our cause. so keep that in mind a
what al-qaeda thought of fox news. also you know what we find out through george zimmerman that if you shoot someone in florida that's your stand your ground. no problem. until this woman tried stand your ground and she didn't get the same results. >> i believe when he threatened to kill me that's what he intended to do and had zimmerman. plus should this woman have her kids taken away. >> i find nothing wrong with tanning. to each his own. i like to tan. >> wrong again bob....
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in the case of al-qaeda and the taliban if you could show that an individual was a member of al-qaeda or taliban then there may be some legal grounds to detain them and try them as an enemy combatant rather than in federal court. but this is masked in legal clothing. it's not actually a legal argument, and we shouldn't confuse these two things. the argument they're making is we should presume from the beginning that any incident involving islamic militancy is some how tied into al-qaeda. as i said, i've done research on this region and this particular conflict for 15 years. while the militants in chechnya have adopted al-qaeda ideology the connection is very slim and they have very different objectives that are very local very parochial and have a lot of to do with russia and very little to do with the united states. >> john: i agree and you're characterizing that as a political approach is profoundly diplomatic. scholar and attorney, christopher swift, thank you for coming tonight. >> thank you. >> john: thank you. one good thing may come out of the boston bombings. the violence is c
in the case of al-qaeda and the taliban if you could show that an individual was a member of al-qaeda or taliban then there may be some legal grounds to detain them and try them as an enemy combatant rather than in federal court. but this is masked in legal clothing. it's not actually a legal argument, and we shouldn't confuse these two things. the argument they're making is we should presume from the beginning that any incident involving islamic militancy is some how tied into al-qaeda. as i...
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use it background to deal with al-qaeda. i think he would have a corporate takeover and outsource all of the muslims -- >> john: all right. dean how can people follow you? >> i'm on twitter of dean of comedy.com. and i'm on my tour called dean obeidallah for president. and i'm in san francisco, boston, and new york. >> john: dean you are a very funny guy even at 7:00 in the morning. >> thanks, john. >> john: we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >>only on current tv. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. his is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. >>since when do you get to say stuff like that on tv? >> listen, if you'd read your email once in a while, you'd know i have a new show. >> sometimes i feel like i don't even know you. >> just stay on your side of the screen, ok? [ ♪ theme ♪ ]
use it background to deal with al-qaeda. i think he would have a corporate takeover and outsource all of the muslims -- >> john: all right. dean how can people follow you? >> i'm on twitter of dean of comedy.com. and i'm on my tour called dean obeidallah for president. and i'm in san francisco, boston, and new york. >> john: dean you are a very funny guy even at 7:00 in the morning. >> thanks, john. >> john: we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the...
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joe biden has been saying focus on what matters al-qaeda and the taliban. if the objective is the larger one, i doubt we can achieve it and doubt we can try. building an afghanistan that meets our definition is not what we have an interest in or the finances to invest in. one thing is clear. we need greater clarity on what the objective is, the public needs it our troops needs it, because john kerry's question from 40 years ago keeps ringing in my ears. that's my view. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ ♪ so, you guys grew up together. yes, since third grade... what are you lookin' at? not looking at i anything... we're not good enough for you
joe biden has been saying focus on what matters al-qaeda and the taliban. if the objective is the larger one, i doubt we can achieve it and doubt we can try. building an afghanistan that meets our definition is not what we have an interest in or the finances to invest in. one thing is clear. we need greater clarity on what the objective is, the public needs it our troops needs it, because john kerry's question from 40 years ago keeps ringing in my ears. that's my view. [ male announcer ] this...
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and it has also been infiltrated as i mentioned by al-qaeda. you probably have elements of iran in there so who would you be helping? and it's horrible, but there are a lot of horrible things that go on. adjust came home from uganda, that leader killed 300,000 people and we allowed him to live his later years in saudi arabia in order to stop the killing. >> yeah, i understand that. as long as things change -- so if we got rid of the leader and things changes, i might be willing to do that. but i'm not sure that is the answer. but, look, finally, you know, i want to get to the other huge disparity here. when i look on american media, all i see iran, iran, iran, iran it's so dangerous. they are a fraudulent government they didn't really win the election. but there is all this warmongering around iran. how does everybody say we could go to war against iran and that would be lovely, but we couldn't possibly do anything against syria. >> iran has 80 million people. a first-class military. they are capable of taking very very strong action, and the c
and it has also been infiltrated as i mentioned by al-qaeda. you probably have elements of iran in there so who would you be helping? and it's horrible, but there are a lot of horrible things that go on. adjust came home from uganda, that leader killed 300,000 people and we allowed him to live his later years in saudi arabia in order to stop the killing. >> yeah, i understand that. as long as things change -- so if we got rid of the leader and things changes, i might be willing to do...
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another tweeter says, on this story you told about the anti-al-qaeda cleric who was visited by al-qaeda -- >> reported by the "new york times." >> a cleric meeting with the taliban. >> that's the chance he took when he met with them like journalists that cover wars. >> all right then. >> bill: yeah. >> tes funny how there are these comparisons being drawn to work w. bush, during his presidency used justification and rhetoric to justify waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques. a lot of critics are making the same argument about what the president is doing now in that memo, talking about the use of droughns >> bill: i was there yesterday. they site the same legal authorization that george bush used, the blanket authorization given him by congress right after september 11th, which he said authorized waterboarding, rendition, waterboarding, enhanced irtakegation whatever you want to call it and the wire wiretapping wiretapping. now, president obama saying i am using the same authority for ordering -- in ordering these drone strikes even against american citizens who are guarante
another tweeter says, on this story you told about the anti-al-qaeda cleric who was visited by al-qaeda -- >> reported by the "new york times." >> a cleric meeting with the taliban. >> that's the chance he took when he met with them like journalists that cover wars. >> all right then. >> bill: yeah. >> tes funny how there are these comparisons being drawn to work w. bush, during his presidency used justification and rhetoric to justify waterboarding...
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off weapons to al-qaeda al-qaeda, al-qaeda. how many times did we hear that? exactly from dick cheney himself, who at the time he said it knew it was absolutely false. we have to go to break. there are a lot of calls. you bring up some great once, thank you, john. we'll take a break. i'm hal sparks filling in for stephanie miller. shies at a spa being well taken care of. she'll be back monday. i think jim is laying sick in a motel six. and chris is lifting weights and hiking with his shirt off if instagram is any indication. we'll be back with more after this. @halsparks on twitter. follow me there. >> as it turns out the revolution will not be televised. it's on the radio. it's the "stephanie miller show." now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. w
off weapons to al-qaeda al-qaeda, al-qaeda. how many times did we hear that? exactly from dick cheney himself, who at the time he said it knew it was absolutely false. we have to go to break. there are a lot of calls. you bring up some great once, thank you, john. we'll take a break. i'm hal sparks filling in for stephanie miller. shies at a spa being well taken care of. she'll be back monday. i think jim is laying sick in a motel six. and chris is lifting weights and hiking with his shirt off...
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we did something unspeakspeakable to him in custody, and then he joined al-qaeda afterwards. michael, is there a situation where you do pull the button? >> how do you disagree with anything that glenn just said. and a key on what he said on rescuers and funerals. that is something that we have internationally deplored any time it has happened over there, yet we're doing it. you know one of the hard parts is what glenn is describing. you get this unease about killing these people because it promotes more violence it promotes more terrorism. i suspect if we had yahya, how did i do did i say it right? >> cenk: yes. >> if we had him and only him alone, they would still be upset about it, and this makes it even worse. it's different than carpet bombing a country and killing lots of people. of course it's more surgical. however, i really do think that's a very difficult thing for the united states. there is always going to be a resentment over our presence. >> cenk: now the facts are nearly indisputable. 300 suspected militants for al-qaeda in yemen before drone strikes. 700 afterw
we did something unspeakspeakable to him in custody, and then he joined al-qaeda afterwards. michael, is there a situation where you do pull the button? >> how do you disagree with anything that glenn just said. and a key on what he said on rescuers and funerals. that is something that we have internationally deplored any time it has happened over there, yet we're doing it. you know one of the hard parts is what glenn is describing. you get this unease about killing these people because...
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this one from al-qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri to his deputy ordering him do "do something." that something officials say is a major attack. one involving explosives or possibly a suicide assault. this, of course, follows weeks of what the intelligence community calls a rising tide of chatter, the likes of which they say we haven't seen since 9-11 2001. last week, the white house temporarily closed an unprecedented 19 american embassies and consulates across the middle east and in north africa and sent out a warning for travelers throughout the globe. it is all vaguely reminiscent of the color-coded alerts of the bush era. florida representative alan grayson is a member of the progressive caucus as well as the house committee on foreign affairs and we've been honored to have him as a frequent guest of this program. he joins us this evening from orlando. congressman grayson, welcome back to "viewpoint." >> thanks. thank you very much. >> john: great to have you. this latest threat, sir, appears to be much more specific than the 9-11-like chatter we were warned of last week. we
this one from al-qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri to his deputy ordering him do "do something." that something officials say is a major attack. one involving explosives or possibly a suicide assault. this, of course, follows weeks of what the intelligence community calls a rising tide of chatter, the likes of which they say we haven't seen since 9-11 2001. last week, the white house temporarily closed an unprecedented 19 american embassies and consulates across the middle east and in...
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and then you have questions, who armed al-qaeda? was this part of the resistance? can alchi take over benghazi. >> cenk: there is no question there is an irony of the republicans saying someone was not prepared enough on 9/11. but in this case it does look like they were trying to cover their tracks. when you ask state department officials about a notebook that had been recovered from the ambassador they had a very harsh response to you. let me share with the audience . . . this is what they were addressing to michael. and it continues how is that for a non-bs response. now that we have gotten that out of our systems, have a good day, and by that i mean f off. >> yeah, i work with you guys so you know he was right on point on that one. i got home from work and said honey i'm home and she responded how is my unmitigated expletive doing? but this is why that exchange happened. i take this stuff very seriously, the gentlemen i was emailing with is basically hilary clinton's spokesperson. they are in damage-control mode and i asked pretty poignant questions about what
and then you have questions, who armed al-qaeda? was this part of the resistance? can alchi take over benghazi. >> cenk: there is no question there is an irony of the republicans saying someone was not prepared enough on 9/11. but in this case it does look like they were trying to cover their tracks. when you ask state department officials about a notebook that had been recovered from the ambassador they had a very harsh response to you. let me share with the audience . . . this is what...
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not al-qaeda. you said russia. in the 1980s or now calling for their foreign policy because the cold war has been over for 20 years. but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. >> bill: the '20s, the '50s the '80s. several times the president said mitt romney, everything you said was wrong. everything you've ever said is wrong. but then, here's what's interesting. we thank our friends at "huffington post" for this. on many, many issues after mitt romney finished his bluster, he ended up agreeing with obama on many -- almost every key issue last night. so this little montage of the two of them agreeing. >> romney: i felt the same as the president did. >> obama: you supported us going into libya? >> romney: i supported his action there. >> obama: i'm glad governor romney agrees with the steps we've taken. >> romney: drones are being used in drone strikes and i support
not al-qaeda. you said russia. in the 1980s or now calling for their foreign policy because the cold war has been over for 20 years. but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. >> bill: the '20s, the '50s the '80s. several times the president said mitt romney, everything you said was wrong. everything you've ever said is wrong. but then,...
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drone has killed four alleged members of al qaeda al qaeda yemen. and 19 different facilities in the middle east and north africa remain closed until at least saturday. we're back with more show after the break. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually
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he's so weak on al-qaeda. this is what's happened. you can't win, right? which is it? >> caller: let me make my final point. i don't disagree with you. in that regard. but i just feel the bigger picture is that every time we have a terror alert, every time we publicize that we are closing embassies because of this or that or the other thing which i don't think first of all has to be publicized. >> stephanie: this is the first time under the obama administration. >> caller: i understand. and recently with this. i just feel as though every time something like that happens, the terrorists are winning. they're putting a fear in our hearts and a fiche in our government. a fear in our government. >> stephanie: i take your point on that. my point, when you have the director of homeland security, tom ridge, admitting in his book that he exaggerated homeland security terror ratings for political reasons because he was asked to, you know, to me, that says everything you need to know. but i get what you're saying. once again, where is the line between security and the terrorists
he's so weak on al-qaeda. this is what's happened. you can't win, right? which is it? >> caller: let me make my final point. i don't disagree with you. in that regard. but i just feel the bigger picture is that every time we have a terror alert, every time we publicize that we are closing embassies because of this or that or the other thing which i don't think first of all has to be publicized. >> stephanie: this is the first time under the obama administration. >> caller: i...
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he was there with his al-qaeda leaders. osama bin laden's number two guy. and the guy who is now in charge of al-qaeda. so as glen rush reports they've located him. they've practiced this raid. the navy seals had even boarded the planes to go into pakistan. c.i.a. director porter goss said this is important. this is it. this is our next mission. we're ready. we know what we're doing. we're ready to launch. navy seals already on the planes and donald rumsfeld called it off because donald rumsfeld said it was too risky. so this chicken cs if you know what i mean, this chicken -- >> oh, i get it! >> chicken crap. >> bill: defense secretary weasels out. wimps out! folds when he's got a chance to make a tough decision like this. and then turns around says oh, barack obama ah, no tough decision. just like you know, ordering another gin and tonic. no tough decision. first one was so good, give me a second one. give me a freakin' break. why don't these republicans just say good job mr. president. we don't approve of everything you've done but in this case, good job
he was there with his al-qaeda leaders. osama bin laden's number two guy. and the guy who is now in charge of al-qaeda. so as glen rush reports they've located him. they've practiced this raid. the navy seals had even boarded the planes to go into pakistan. c.i.a. director porter goss said this is important. this is it. this is our next mission. we're ready. we know what we're doing. we're ready to launch. navy seals already on the planes and donald rumsfeld called it off because donald...
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the criticism intensified after a memo was leaked talking about americans thought to have ties to al-qaeda through drones. and the left on left tension was on full display. here is brennan attempting to deliver his statement. >> i'm honored to appear before you today at the president's nominee to-- >> would you halt please. we'll ask the police to please remove this woman. >> jennifer: and that happened again and again and again four times he was interrupted until senator feinstein finally had to clear the room. >> okay, we're going to halt the hearing. i'm going to ask that the room be cleared and associates not allowed back in. we've done this five times now and five times are enough. we'll recess for a few minutes. >> jennifer: when the hearings resumeed brennon told senators that drone strikes do meet rigorous standard. the rob is that reliable information is hard to come by. the strikes are happening in dangerous and remote areas of pakistan and somalia. the best information comes from the new america foundation and they report that since brennon became the top adviser drone strikes h
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al-qaeda freeing al-qaeda. you know, it raises the question and the same question is going to be true in afghanistan is once we leave what are we leaving behind? how strong is the government that's taken over? i'm not saying we ought to stay but still you've got a weak beleaguered government in iraq and we'll have a worse one with afghanistan. what were both of these wars worth? what did we get out of both of them? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) current tv gets the conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. (vo) sharp tongue. >>excuse me? (vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff they say about something they just pulled freshly from their [bleep]. >> you know what those people are like. >
al-qaeda freeing al-qaeda. you know, it raises the question and the same question is going to be true in afghanistan is once we leave what are we leaving behind? how strong is the government that's taken over? i'm not saying we ought to stay but still you've got a weak beleaguered government in iraq and we'll have a worse one with afghanistan. what were both of these wars worth? what did we get out of both of them? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) current tv...
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so if they were to two years in boom, we got two spies inside al-qaeda bin-laden has a. bullet in his head. what do you need, i'll give it to you. but if you're going to take our money, start revolutions that help exxonmobil and hurt us, hell no you're not getting my money. i've talked to much. we're going to take a break. when we come back, white house correspondent, is it okay or is it totally out of control in this inseat to youous, oh, you love me, i love you reporters in the white house. go. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right we're back on "the young turks." over the weekend we had a w
so if they were to two years in boom, we got two spies inside al-qaeda bin-laden has a. bullet in his head. what do you need, i'll give it to you. but if you're going to take our money, start revolutions that help exxonmobil and hurt us, hell no you're not getting my money. i've talked to much. we're going to take a break. when we come back, white house correspondent, is it okay or is it totally out of control in this inseat to youous, oh, you love me, i love you reporters in the white house....
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. >> building engineer survived in 1993 and on 9/11, when al-qaeda achieved the ultimate goal and he had to dig out of rubble. he's till working here, now in charge of rebuilding. >> we wanted to rebuild this site for those who aren't here. otherwise, i probably would have retired, but i came back down here to finish the job that others can't. michael: you know, and since that time, obvious lifeful hasly 9/11 has happened. there's been the war in afghanistan and iraq. one in 15,000 muslims were recruited as terrorists. since 9/11 and 2001, they've only been able to recruit one in 100,000. there are 1.5 billion muslims in the world so one in that number adds up to only 15,000 people. there has not been an act of terror in america since 9/11. it makes a lot of us wonder is this really an enemy? where are these people that we're so afraid of. to enlighten us to that, we bring on sociology professor of north carolina, chapel hill. it's difficult always for a university of verge graduate toes that, but we welcome you on to talk about this. you know, professor, when i look at those numbers
. >> building engineer survived in 1993 and on 9/11, when al-qaeda achieved the ultimate goal and he had to dig out of rubble. he's till working here, now in charge of rebuilding. >> we wanted to rebuild this site for those who aren't here. otherwise, i probably would have retired, but i came back down here to finish the job that others can't. michael: you know, and since that time, obvious lifeful hasly 9/11 has happened. there's been the war in afghanistan and iraq. one in 15,000...
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even as boston struggles to piece it's a back together, canadian police announced they have foiled an al-qaeda terror plot in toronto. at this time there is no evidence that it was connected to boston. this morning funerals were held for two of the victims. >> 29-year-old krystle campbell, a restaurant manager who was at the marathon, cheering on her boyfriend. friends describe her as have kind heart and wry sense of humor, and there was a funeral for lingzi lu, a chinese citizen who had just written her final exams link. an eight year old boy martin richard was killed as was a police officer. today a thousand mourners turned out to pay their respect. the west borough baptist church has threatened to picket the funerals because gay marriage is legal in massachusetts. but 200 teamsters came out to protect the mourners and the protesters were nowhere to be seen. there was a moment of silence for the victims, the city of boston, white house, house, senate and new york stock exchange all stopped pay their respect. dzhokhar tsarnaev is at boston's hospital. he is on vaent late for and handcuffed to
even as boston struggles to piece it's a back together, canadian police announced they have foiled an al-qaeda terror plot in toronto. at this time there is no evidence that it was connected to boston. this morning funerals were held for two of the victims. >> 29-year-old krystle campbell, a restaurant manager who was at the marathon, cheering on her boyfriend. friends describe her as have kind heart and wry sense of humor, and there was a funeral for lingzi lu, a chinese citizen who had...
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about al-qaeda. i believe for the sake of the fiction that the cia. i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to me. i agree with you. you're hitting a straw mat. i am suggesting that the politics would have been much tougher. vice president lieberman who would have been vice president would have been as anxious to go into iraq as dick cheney. he was one of the leading hawks of either party and so the picture i paint is not al gore going into iraq, no. he said at the time it would have been mike attacking the phillipines after pearl harbor. the picture i paint is a president under enormous political pressure and suffering politically for not going
about al-qaeda. i believe for the sake of the fiction that the cia. i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to...
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now there is evidence that there are twice as many people who are in al-qaeda and yemen as before. but evidence be dammed had the let's just kill them and see what happens afterwards. listen to the last woke from peter king. >> there are evil people in the world. drones are not evil. we're a force of good and we're using drones to carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness. >> cenk: righteousness and goodness even if we kill 55 civilians. by definition we're the good guys and whoever we're killing are the goodbyes. that's the guy now supporting president obama. are you proud of that policy? i know i'm not. they should be talking about the substance. and in this case the substance is not good for the president. when we come back gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy who is against gay marriage will be on the program. we will have an interesting conversation when we return. >> speaking against the vocal majority on behalf of the rights of the minority. and to me it is incumbent upon us as legislatures in t
now there is evidence that there are twice as many people who are in al-qaeda and yemen as before. but evidence be dammed had the let's just kill them and see what happens afterwards. listen to the last woke from peter king. >> there are evil people in the world. drones are not evil. we're a force of good and we're using drones to carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness. >> cenk: righteousness and goodness even if we kill 55 civilians. by definition we're the good guys...
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he lied over and over about how this was a war between al-qaeda and iraq. it's a war between shiites and sunnis, a civil war that we're stuck in. incompetent losers say usa safer, bush says. that is a lie. they have done a terrible job. every one of these editors in every major magazine television paper, should be fired today. that is the worst failure of the main stream press i have ever seen! ever seen! and why are 58% of americans opposed to the iraq war? do you know what that number would be in -- goddamn it they failed us! and if you are not angry about that michael, and anyone of you out there, then you are goddamn wrong. "young turks." >> michael: so there you saw that i couldn't really get a word in with cenk and that's the problem with sometimes working with and being friends with cenk is you can't always get a word in. his passion, though for so long has been what has attracted him to people. >> those clips i love them every time. my favorite moments -- and you have all of these characters on the show and you sometimes see them coming in and out o
he lied over and over about how this was a war between al-qaeda and iraq. it's a war between shiites and sunnis, a civil war that we're stuck in. incompetent losers say usa safer, bush says. that is a lie. they have done a terrible job. every one of these editors in every major magazine television paper, should be fired today. that is the worst failure of the main stream press i have ever seen! ever seen! and why are 58% of americans opposed to the iraq war? do you know what that number would...
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he created al-qaeda. that's like blaming us for the russian bloody purges for the program during world war ii. >> okay. >> caller: which was against the nazis. the other thing -- >> al-qaeda just means the base in arabic. database of the hadim. i heard that's where it started. >> stephanie: by the way julie has another hitler reference. if someone wanted to open a hot dog cart in dresden being an american citizen would not protect them from getting -- [ explosion ] >> there's that. >> ask kurt. he was there. >> stephanie: phil in florida you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, steph. i work with migrant farm workers. i have concerns about the new immigration bill. >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: number one, the process for someone who is undocumented to get lawful, permanent residence that's a green card, i think it will be very lengthy. it will be extremely expensive. and i don't think overall that poor immigrant workers including our cultural workers are going to be able to afford it. it wi
he created al-qaeda. that's like blaming us for the russian bloody purges for the program during world war ii. >> okay. >> caller: which was against the nazis. the other thing -- >> al-qaeda just means the base in arabic. database of the hadim. i heard that's where it started. >> stephanie: by the way julie has another hitler reference. if someone wanted to open a hot dog cart in dresden being an american citizen would not protect them from getting -- [ explosion ]...
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laden as the head of al-qaeda central and bin laden's personal secretary who is now the head of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. so that led to it. you have to be honest, given what happened in benghazi and the blame still going on for that, i thought it was interesting cnn had a special last night on benghazi that it is better to be safe than sorry. >> bill: is this -- so they're going to keep the embassies closed for this week? is that the present plan? >> the muslim holy day. they'll probably be opening saturday. the interesting thing is they let the embassy in iraq open because we got an awful lot of security there. that's another thing. people think the marines guard all of our embassies. they're just there to handle the classified material. security is supposed to be provided by the local people. >> bill: i think iraq and afghanistan both stayed open, didn't they? >> both of them. obviously we've got a lot of forces in afghanistan and the iraqi security forces are pretty robust. >> bill: the use of drones, you and i have talked about this before and the president mentioned it, to
laden as the head of al-qaeda central and bin laden's personal secretary who is now the head of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. so that led to it. you have to be honest, given what happened in benghazi and the blame still going on for that, i thought it was interesting cnn had a special last night on benghazi that it is better to be safe than sorry. >> bill: is this -- so they're going to keep the embassies closed for this week? is that the present plan? >> the muslim holy day....
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but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand with gabby giffords yesterday, dedicating a part of the house to zimmerman but now they're -- no one is talking about it. how do you know it is not some right wing nut? why don't they get the elite people. >> stephanie: what do you mean? >> caller: well, you think they would want to make a name for themselves and get the top runners but they wait until they're gone. >> stephanie: because that's when the most amount of people are finishing. >> caller: exactly. no one is making the connection. now we're not talking about gun safety. with everyt
but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand...
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. >> obama: governor romney i'm glad you recognize that al-qaeda is a threat. because a few months ago you said the biggest threat was russia. and the 1980s are now asking for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. [ applause ] >> stephanie: the president was on it last night. oh, man. >> the biggest threat is nazi germany? what? we won that? i had no idea. >> there are plenty of russian cab drivers here that are lovely. let's talk about the russians that are here -- they are lovely. maybe they are not the biggest problem. >> every other building on fairfax is a little magazine. >> stephanie: yeah. and did the president bring up that he was on record for saying we shouldn't move heaven and earth to get osama bin laden -- >> what i meant to say is we should move heaven and earth. >> obama: on a whole range of issues, you have been all over the map. i mean i'm pleased that you now are endorsing our policy of applying dim low mattic pressure, and potentially having bilateral discussions with the iranians to end their nuclear pro
. >> obama: governor romney i'm glad you recognize that al-qaeda is a threat. because a few months ago you said the biggest threat was russia. and the 1980s are now asking for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. [ applause ] >> stephanie: the president was on it last night. oh, man. >> the biggest threat is nazi germany? what? we won that? i had no idea. >> there are plenty of russian cab drivers here that are lovely. let's talk...
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it's al-qaeda types or folks who could be called socialists. it's interesting that mccain is now seen as a hero to the socialist secular left of the syrian rebels. cenk: it's a trippy world. that gaddafi thing, it was not that long a time in between so it's amazing what war he'll jump into depending what's happening. cenk: it's also amazing the space that john mccain takes up. you have lee fang saying i find what he's doing loudable, but you have the tea party issuing a statement today, saying that there's one illegal immigrant and it's john mccain and he's in syria on memorial day and totally unamerica. cenk: wow! which team? the tea party ravens. >> tea party america with the broncos, yeah. cenk: all right. >> in fact, they were speaking for a coalition of tea party groups. i'm paraphrasing, but that is essentially what they were saying. you're dividing not only the republican party but you have liberals saying it's nice to see john mccain over there talking to people. the president says yes we're somewhat aware that he was going on this trip
it's al-qaeda types or folks who could be called socialists. it's interesting that mccain is now seen as a hero to the socialist secular left of the syrian rebels. cenk: it's a trippy world. that gaddafi thing, it was not that long a time in between so it's amazing what war he'll jump into depending what's happening. cenk: it's also amazing the space that john mccain takes up. you have lee fang saying i find what he's doing loudable, but you have the tea party issuing a statement today, saying...
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those are like the kind of double times that al-qaeda does, doesn't matter, free to go. you report when what the government is actually doing, no, no, possible 136 year jail sentence. jayar. >> i mean, this is an obvious question, are we surprised? no, i know we're not, but the thing is in doing it, in exposing it, he has to suspect this is what's going to happen after he goes through the right lines of reporting these war crimes to his superiors and they do nothing about it. you know they're going to protect themselves. when you go this route, you think that's it, i'm the face of whistle blowers going down, because of course, our government's not going to say oh, my bod, let's have some self -- cenk: number one, so can we all acknowledge how incredibly brave that he is, facing a possible life sentence and knowing how badly the government has cracked down on whistle blowers, he shared this information anyway. we're going to get to why in a second. can i get everybody who said that edward snowden shouldn't flee the country to apologize right now, because. >> yeah. >> what
those are like the kind of double times that al-qaeda does, doesn't matter, free to go. you report when what the government is actually doing, no, no, possible 136 year jail sentence. jayar. >> i mean, this is an obvious question, are we surprised? no, i know we're not, but the thing is in doing it, in exposing it, he has to suspect this is what's going to happen after he goes through the right lines of reporting these war crimes to his superiors and they do nothing about it. you know...
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2 al-qaeda leader, mr. al liby killed by a drone strike in pakistan. >> that's what drones are good for. first, out to los angeles, say good morning to jacki schechner and get today's current news update. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. president obama is going to be here in california today for two fundraisers. lgbt organizationnizers are putting together both fundraisers here in la. the first is the annual lbgt gala where pink was expected to perform about she got the flu. and by ryan david, the gala was originally scheduled to be helped at the sos hotel in beverly hills but had to find a bigger venue after president obama came out with support for same same-sex marriage. even with the extra seating, the event is sold out. $25,000 a couple. to cnn reports about one in every sixteen of the president's bundlers is openly gay. since bundlers don't have to list their sexual orientation the washington post estimates those numbers could actually be as high as 1 in 6. overly g
2 al-qaeda leader, mr. al liby killed by a drone strike in pakistan. >> that's what drones are good for. first, out to los angeles, say good morning to jacki schechner and get today's current news update. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. president obama is going to be here in california today for two fundraisers. lgbt organizationnizers are putting together both fundraisers here in la. the first is the annual lbgt gala where pink was expected to...
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you're going to sue and not pay taxes. >> john: that already happened in spain and al-qaeda tends to not do the same thing twice. after the break he said, hopefully, something else is the matter with kansas. you don't want to miss it. i'm going to get in trouble for this next bit. stick around. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> john: quick question for the panel, do you really think we have a separation of church and state in this country? sherrod? >> john, that's an illusion. first of all, i know church and i know church people. they mettle. they get involved in everything. good luck having something without them involved in it. >> john: it is like a reese's cup we all live with. >> in the language of the lord. i don't know any hebrew. if you look at a gallup poll f
you're going to sue and not pay taxes. >> john: that already happened in spain and al-qaeda tends to not do the same thing twice. after the break he said, hopefully, something else is the matter with kansas. you don't want to miss it. i'm going to get in trouble for this next bit. stick around. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than...
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that al-qaeda has been defeated. that's david gregory on the facts. regardless of what you think about his performance at the debate last night, i think he should be held to account for that particular statement. fran is calling us from springfield, missouri. you're on the "bill press show." >> caller: okay. listen, why do -- why are they supposed to convince people to vote for the person that can throw fingers. this is the presidency we're talking about. >> john: it tells you how much the romney campaign thinks of the american people's intelligence. >> caller: exactly. because they don't have any. >> john: yeah. >> caller: in the 2008 primary debates, romney was asked a question what would he do if he was president. i don't remember what it was about. he said he would consult his attorney. >> john: yeah, exactly. he's been very, very light on specifics and i don't really understand why they would tout this. i have to believe that the campaign did it -- maybe i'm giving them too much credit but i have to believe they did it to lower expectations even
that al-qaeda has been defeated. that's david gregory on the facts. regardless of what you think about his performance at the debate last night, i think he should be held to account for that particular statement. fran is calling us from springfield, missouri. you're on the "bill press show." >> caller: okay. listen, why do -- why are they supposed to convince people to vote for the person that can throw fingers. this is the presidency we're talking about. >> john: it tells...
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>> some of them said they were affiliated with al-qaeda but they really weren't. >> i'm al-qaeda-ish. >> it's like the later bands. >> yeah, whoever is touring for journey now, you weren't the original journey. >> well, no, they are replaced the singer. i think everyone else is the same. >> bin laden himself -- oh by the way i love this. this is more about how the president's policy was correct. a large portion of muslims around the world have lost their trust in al-qaeda. bin laden said they largely stopped using the phrase war on terror. >> thisproofs that the bush administration policy was making things worse. >> yes. [ applause ] >> any way i wish i was there to one of the spitballing sessions. >> i think i'll change it to al gore. >> no. [ laughter ] >> let's go to ron in detroit. >> hi, steph. can i apologize, because during your commercials i switched over to daily rundown. >> how dare you. >> i'm sick about saying how this guy was assassinated. john kennedy was assassinated. martin luther king was assassinated. guy was brought to justice. >> yes, thank you. >> hey here is a me
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i mean he said he would go after al-qaeda. and he used the technology at hand. that's the right technology. look when you're in war you're not seeking a fair fight. you're seeking to finish the fight on your terms. it's not about hey let's go man know amman know put your dukes up. these are about people hiding and plotting to come after and attack americans abroad or at home or to destabilize friendly governments to further the range of aiming at the united states. and we can either wait for that threat to emerge and develop and come right at us or we can take them out in an effective way minimum risk. >> jennifer: without risking american lives too. that's the thing. >> it works. >> jennifer: 21st century tool. all right. one last quick question for you before we sign off here. former secretary of state colin powell endorsed the president in 2008 but he has not endorsed him yet in his re-election. do you think he's going to endorse him? >> oh, gosh, i couldn't predict that. >> jennifer: i was hoping you would give me an inside scoop. >> i haven't talked to gene
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civil war and taliban rule came next followed by osama bin laden's arrival, the rise of al-qaeda. is the u.s. going to risk, sir a similar scenario if it leaves afghanistan for good in a year and a half or less? >> well, i think the real question that you have to ask is would it really make a difference if we leave them for another year or two years or three years at the level that we have them. would it really make a difference without them? i think the answer is probably not. therefore then why pay the cost? why lose more lives? why pay the financial cost of it? and i think the president is probably serious about pulling out because i think that's the conclusion in some ways, there is a political cost always with withdrawal. you have to justify it somehow. a lot of people are angry with karzai. you can see that among american elites particularly in the way he's been behaving as of late. go back to iraq when in fact the president ultimately decided to withdraw completely and won't leave anything behind pretty much. it was over this disagreement over the agreement. and obviously h
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that's like saying a nuclear-armed al-qaeda would usher in world peace. >> cenk: of course they care about their own citizens but people like john bolton on fox news channel try to get you to believe they are even crazier and more dangerous than the soviet union. they are crazier man! >> the one thing you can say about the communists during the cold war days is they were atheists. that's not a calculus that applies to iran. >> cenk: that's the only time you will see fox news praising atheists. a lot of american basketball players go to play in iran including a guy named kevin sheperd. and they made a movie of it. let me show you. it's an interesting piece. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> cenk: well, we now have the director of that movie in studio with us. how are you doing? >> all right. >> cenk: all right. so kevin goes over there, and did anybody try to blow him up? what happened? >> not really. he actually had a very good experience going over there. i think it was surprising to him to see how hospitalable iranians are. and i think he was tired of all of the prejudices that we hea
that's like saying a nuclear-armed al-qaeda would usher in world peace. >> cenk: of course they care about their own citizens but people like john bolton on fox news channel try to get you to believe they are even crazier and more dangerous than the soviet union. they are crazier man! >> the one thing you can say about the communists during the cold war days is they were atheists. that's not a calculus that applies to iran. >> cenk: that's the only time you will see fox news...
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our top-secret programs including our cyberattacks or nuclear program, the double agent who foiled an al-qaeda attack, and the secret terrorist kill list. >> this is so sensitive and so damaging to our relationships overseas. first of all, it raises to the level of a serious crime, and it is really harming the united states' national security. we all ought to be outraged about this mccain: regardless of how useless these leaks may have been to the president these have to stop. the leaks have got to stop. >> cenk: outrage. my god, that would never have happened under an republican. john mccain takes it one step further mccain: our intelligence leaders under the administration say this is the worst breach that has ever seen. that's the really offensive. >> cenk: the worst breach ever seen. during the bush administration they leaked valerie's plam's name. i'm sure john mccain was just as upset about that? here's what he said at the time. i do believe that every american has the right of presumption of innocence until proven guilty approximating. karl rove has stated he did not do anything wrong a
our top-secret programs including our cyberattacks or nuclear program, the double agent who foiled an al-qaeda attack, and the secret terrorist kill list. >> this is so sensitive and so damaging to our relationships overseas. first of all, it raises to the level of a serious crime, and it is really harming the united states' national security. we all ought to be outraged about this mccain: regardless of how useless these leaks may have been to the president these have to stop. the leaks...
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al-qaeda preaching hatred. these so-called christians, fanatic extremists who made this video are using their religion to preach hatred of muslims. i don't see any difference between them. sorry, friends. 1-866-55-press. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ normal voice ] nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. [ normal voice ] same agent and everything. it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no...we're not. ♪ ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands? what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025, we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fil
al-qaeda preaching hatred. these so-called christians, fanatic extremists who made this video are using their religion to preach hatred of muslims. i don't see any difference between them. sorry, friends. 1-866-55-press. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some...
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it's not just against al-qaeda. they do signature strikes where we don't know who we're hitting. oh it looks like there are guns there, let's hit it. sometimes it's a wedding and they're firing guns into the air to celebrate. oops you just killed their family. you think they're not going to hate you if you killed their mom, their baby and their aunt? of course they're going to hate you. it's not just about the movie but it's this anger and resentment about these issues and one other thing that is important that is never talked about here. that is the autopsy. muslims all across the world not just palestinians feel a deep sense of shame and embarrassments that muslims in the holy lands have occupied for 60 years. you can have a difference of opinion on why that is the case, and why they have not reached a settlement, but this burns deeply. you may say surprised wow, it's just a movie. but it's not just a movie. they feel they have no power and they can't strike back. that's why they have this protest, passion and anger. let's begin to start to understand one another. now the final
it's not just against al-qaeda. they do signature strikes where we don't know who we're hitting. oh it looks like there are guns there, let's hit it. sometimes it's a wedding and they're firing guns into the air to celebrate. oops you just killed their family. you think they're not going to hate you if you killed their mom, their baby and their aunt? of course they're going to hate you. it's not just about the movie but it's this anger and resentment about these issues and one other thing that...
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the drone war against islamic villains wasn't enough there were stories leaked drone strikes, gutting al-qaeda leadership violate both u. and international law and the pentagon will unleash a mini drone small enough for individual soldiers to deploy. it will be enough to take out an individual without killing the people around him. but fear of collateral damage as the pentagon calls additional casualties did not stop president obama in the death of tribal bleeder number two. leon panetta at a conference in india. >> we have made clear to the pakistanis that the united states of america is going to defend ourselves against those who would attack us. >> cenk: according to the times the drone strikes that are devastatingal quite from a kill list approved by the president. military-age men who die in the strikes are considered combatant combatants and not civilians under the logic that anyone killed in proximity to the terrorist must be an terrorist. >> it seems to be a pattern that is growing worse and more frequent. >> people say they don't want to work with the united states because they can't
the drone war against islamic villains wasn't enough there were stories leaked drone strikes, gutting al-qaeda leadership violate both u. and international law and the pentagon will unleash a mini drone small enough for individual soldiers to deploy. it will be enough to take out an individual without killing the people around him. but fear of collateral damage as the pentagon calls additional casualties did not stop president obama in the death of tribal bleeder number two. leon panetta at a...
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presence and actyivity and al-qaeda. the actually e-mail says it could be abused by members top beat the state department of for not paying attention top agency warnings. >> the e-mails are discussing we have to discuss everything related to this. it was the cia we learned, david petraeus and the number two guy at the cia, michael muller who requested that any reference toeller, who requested that any reference to it be taken out because we didn't want to tip them off. s is shoeie kurtz talked about this with david shuster. you you heard how karl took this, rap with it when it was not the truth. he was just quoting a republican source. clearly, i regret the e-mail was quoted incorrectly. and i regret that it's become a distraction from the story. which still entirely stands. i should have been clearer about the attribution. we updated our story immediately. i don't know about you. did you see squaw find that as an apology. pretending it was his work and it was true. pratt proof he is not sorry at all is this statement: i
presence and actyivity and al-qaeda. the actually e-mail says it could be abused by members top beat the state department of for not paying attention top agency warnings. >> the e-mails are discussing we have to discuss everything related to this. it was the cia we learned, david petraeus and the number two guy at the cia, michael muller who requested that any reference toeller, who requested that any reference to it be taken out because we didn't want to tip them off. s is shoeie kurtz...
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now president obama insists it's the best weapon we have in the war against al-qaeda and it's affiliates. in april lindsey graham told the rotey club, i quote we've killed 4700. sometimes you hit innocent people i hate that, but we're at war. actually we have not declared war in this country since 1941. that's the first time an american official put a number on the casualties from the drone war. chair dianne feinstein insists that the casualties in that war are in single digits year by year. but according to the u.k. based bureau of universalism drone strikes may have killed as many as 3,500 people in pakistan. among them perhaps 500 civilians and nearly 200 children. in yemen where drones have been less active the casualty count could rise up to 4450 and nearly 50 civilians and ten children. yemeni activists who spent a year in an american high school describes how his people react the to a recent drone strike. >> when they think of america they think of the drones that hover over their heads ready to fire missiles at any time. what the militants previously failed to achieve one drone s
now president obama insists it's the best weapon we have in the war against al-qaeda and it's affiliates. in april lindsey graham told the rotey club, i quote we've killed 4700. sometimes you hit innocent people i hate that, but we're at war. actually we have not declared war in this country since 1941. that's the first time an american official put a number on the casualties from the drone war. chair dianne feinstein insists that the casualties in that war are in single digits year by year....